Software & Industrial Engineering

Complex inside.
Simple outside.

Imbra.Soft builds software products and delivers engineering services for industrial environments — absorbing the technical complexity so operators, engineers, and clients get interfaces and tools that simply work.

15+
Years in Industrial Automation, Communication & Software Engineering
Solvay Sodi · Hilscher · Heidelberg Materials
3
Peer-reviewed Publications
Control Engineering Practice · JEST · ACCS
100%
Transparent Pricing
Published rates · No hidden fees · No vendor lock-in
OT/IT
Domain Bridge
From sensor level to cloud · PLC to REST API

Products we ship and maintain

Three products covering the device, connectivity, and data layers of industrial software. Click any product to explore it in depth.

Device-side logic
Siemens PLC LibrariesAvailable
A port of Honeywell DCS control blocks to Siemens PLC — bringing familiar DCS semantics (PID, DEVCTL, AI/AO/DI/DO) into TIA Portal as reusable FC/FB units, usable standalone or as part of a historian stack.
PLC ProgrammingHoneywell DCSControl BlocksAutomation
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Connectivity layer
Imbra ConnectBeta
Lightweight protocol SDKs for rapid prototyping and OT connectivity — production-ready at typical process sampling rates, with a clean interface for crafting, parsing, and inspecting protocol frames.
Rapid PrototypingFieldbusIoTEmbedded
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Core platform
ImBrain™Concept
An open-architecture historian for small and medium-sized plants — minimal well-defined core, open below via agents, open above via plugins. Free to try, paid plugins and optional support.
Open SourcePlugin ArchitectureOT ConnectivitySMB
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Education platform
CodeWithBrankoPrototype
A dedicated platform for engineers working at the OT/IT boundary — practical courses, tutorials, and guides on industrial protocols, PLC programming, historian architecture, and applied AI/ML.
EducationOT/ITIndustrial ProtocolsAI/ML
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What we do for you

Engagements range from focused advisory to full project delivery. All work is anchored in production-grade standards.

PLC & DCS Engineering
Full project lifecycle for process automation — from concept definition and equipment selection through PLC/DCS programming, marshalling cabinet testing, SCADA displays, PID tuning, and executive documentation.
Data Integration & ETL
Agent-based data pipelines connecting OT sources to historian and analytics targets — covering industrial protocols, file-based sources, and the self-healing, redundancy, and data harmonisation challenges that production environments demand.
Backend Development
From REST APIs and databases to protocol libraries and device interfaces — backend engineering that covers the full depth of the OT/IT stack, not just the application layer.
AI/ML-Augmented Engineering
AI/ML applied where it delivers measurable value in industrial contexts — predictive maintenance, test generation, and legacy code modernisation, with a clear path toward autonomous decision making at the OT/IT boundary.
DevOps & CI/CD
Version control, containerisation, and CI/CD workflows for software and industrial projects — practical DevOps that gets code from development to deployment reliably.
Industrial Security
OT security advisory and protocol-level security testing — identifying weaknesses at the boundary between plant networks and IT infrastructure, grounded in deep protocol knowledge rather than generic scanning tools.
Testing & Quality Assurance
Specification-driven test infrastructure for industrial communication software — from TDD-based product development to BDD integration and end-to-end test suites covering protocol-specific edge cases.
Application Refactoring
Structured modernisation of legacy codebases — audit, incremental refactoring, test coverage, and architecture documentation for industrial and communication software.
Maintenance & Support
Ongoing L2/L3 support for deployed systems — industrial historians, communication software, and legacy codebases that need someone who understands them deeply enough to intervene safely.
Training & Tutorials
Practical courses and tutorials for engineers working at the OT/IT boundary — industrial protocols, PLC/DCS programming, historian architecture, testing methodologies, and applied AI/ML. Published on Udemy, YouTube, and dedicated course pages.
03 — How We Work

From first contact to long-term support.

Every engagement follows a clear, documented sequence. You always know what phase you are in, what comes next, and what it will cost.

01
Explore

Before any commitment, we run a Spike — a time-boxed technical investigation scoped to the specific problem. We analyse the existing system, identify integration constraints, assess feasibility, and surface the risks that would otherwise surface later at much higher cost. The output is a concise written finding: context, options, recommendation, and a rough effort estimate. No code is produced. This step protects both sides from over-committing to a poorly understood problem.

02
Agree

Using the Spike findings as input, we draft a Statement of Work that specifies scope, deliverables, milestones, acceptance criteria, timeline, and price. The SOW is the single source of truth for the engagement — it eliminates scope creep and invoice surprises. Both parties review and sign before any project work begins. For fixed-price work the SOW defines exactly what is built. For T&M work it defines the daily rate, the cap, and the reporting cadence.

03
Deliver

We execute the project against the agreed SOW, working in short cycles with regular written progress reports. Architecture decisions are documented continuously using the arc42 template — not retrofitted at the end. Handover includes full arc42 architecture documentation, inline code documentation, and a formal acceptance testing session against the criteria defined in the SOW. Nothing is considered done until the client has signed off.

04
Support

After go-live, we offer L3 support retainers for ongoing third-level escalation — handling incidents, root-cause analysis, and critical patches that first and second-line teams cannot resolve. Retainers are priced per supported server instance per year and include a defined annual hour budget. For unplanned emergencies outside a retainer, hotfix services are available at an hourly rate with a two-hour minimum. Response times and escalation paths are agreed in writing before the first incident.

Where our knowledge runs deep

Imbra.Soft works in domains that demand real engineering experience — not generalist consultancy.

Industrial Communication
Deep protocol coverage across fieldbus, IoT, and Ethernet-based standards — Modbus, DeviceNet, Profibus, CAN, CANopen, OPC-UA, MQTT, HART, and EtherNet/IP — with both open-source and custom SDK implementations.
Industrial Automation
Deep domain knowledge across Siemens PLC programming (S7-300/1500, TIA Portal, SCL) and Honeywell Experion PKS — covering SCADA, historian systems, ATEX/IECEx compliance, and OT/IT convergence architectures.
Data Integration
Agent-based ETL pipeline design, time-series data management, OPC-UA integration, and bridging OT process data to modern IT analytics platforms.
Custom Software
Purpose-built applications for industrial and operational environments — from internal tooling to client-facing systems with complex integration requirements.

Grounded in engineering science

Peer-reviewed research on advanced process control and fuzzy logic — published in indexed engineering journals.

Engineering Science and Technology
Design and industrial implementation of fuzzy logic control of level in soda production
Vol 23, Issue 3, pp. 691–699
DOI ↗
Control Engineering Practice
Parallel distributed compensation for improvement of level control in carbonization column
Vol 71, pp. 53–60
DOI ↗
Automatic Control and Computer Sciences
Optimization of Parallel Distributed Compensation for Real Time Control of Level
Vol 54, pp. 379–390
DOI ↗

The complexity is
ours to solve.

Project engagements · Plugin services · Maintenance contracts

Get in touch
contact@imbra.io